Nansang
ၸႄႈဝဵင်းၼမ်ႉၸၢင် နမ့်စန်မြို့နယ် | |
|---|---|
| Nan San Township | |
 Location in Nansang district | |
| Coordinates: 20°53′20″N 97°44′10″E / 20.88889°N 97.73611°E / 20.88889; 97.73611 | |
| Country |  Myanmar |
| State |  Shan State |
| District | Nansang District |
| Capital | Nansang |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.09 sq mi (5.4 km2) |
| Elevation | 3,255 ft (992 m) |
| Population (2019)[2] | |
• Total | 119,931 |
| • Density | 57,400/sq mi (22,200/km2) |
| • Ethnicities | |
| • Religions | |
| Time zone | UTC+6.30 (MMT) |
Nansang or Namsang Township (Burmese: နမ့်စန်မြို့နယ်) is a township of Nansang District in the Shan State of Myanmar. The principal town is Nansang.[3] The township has two towns with 11 urban wards in total between them as well as 20 village tracts grouping 196 villages.[2]
To prevent confusion with Namhsan Township in northern Shan State, it is sometimes disambiguated as Nan San (South) Township.[4]
On April 30, 2022, new districts were expanded across the country. Nansang Township was separated from Loilem District and together with two other townships formed the new Nansang District.[5]
The townships is relatively diverse, with the Shan people making up the largest plurality at only 39.89% of the population in 2019, followed by Bamar and Pa-O people at 15.3% and 12.15% respectively.[2]
See also
References
- GoogleEarth
- Myanmar Information Management Unit (September 2019). Nansan Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya နမ့်စန်မြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Nansang Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report). MIMU. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
- "နမ့်စန်မြို့နယ် - Shan State Government Office". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
- ၂၀၁၄ ခုနှစ်မြန်မာနိုင်ငံလူဦးရေနှင့် အိမ်အကြောင်းအရာသန်းခေါင်စာရင်း ရှမ်းပြည်နယ် [2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census Shan State] (PDF) (Report). Department of Population. May 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- "နေပြည်တော်၊ တိုင်းဒေသကြီးနှင့် ပြည်နယ်များတွင် ခရိုင် ၄၆ ခရိုင် အသစ်တိုးချဲ့ဖွဲ့စည်းသည့်အတွက် စုစုပေါင်းခရိုင် ၁၂၁ ခရိုင်ရှိလာ". Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd. Retrieved 5 May 2023.